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The UK’s data protection watchdog has fired its most explicit warning shot yet at generative AI developers — saying it expects them to address privacy risks before bringing their products to market.In a blog post trailing remarks the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) exec director of regulatory risk, Stephen Almond, will make at a conference later today the watchdog has warned against developers rushing to adopt the powerful AI technology without proper due diligence on privacy and data protection risks.”We will be checking whether businesses have tackled privacy risks before introducing generative AI — and taking action where there is risk…
Learn how the creator app music sharing and discovery platform Audiomack can assist with many of the nitty-gritty tasks of music promotion.by Randi Zimmerman of Symphonic BlogAs an independent musician, you are tasked with wearing many different music industry hats. One of those hats being the effective promotion and marketing of your music! If you use Audiomack, you already know about their free Creator App that allows creators to upload their music to Audiomack, analyze performance, monetize their work, and get paid for their streams. Now, they’ve added a Promote tab. Here’s what this means for you…About “Promote”Promote is a new tab in…
A loophole in the popular fitness app Strava may be revealing your home address to strangers. Researchers at North Carolina State University used data that’s supposed to be anonymous to find specific Strava users’ homes and running routes. “31.7% of Strava users are active enough to have the heat map show their home address,” says Kevin Childs, who studied cybersecurity at NC State. Childs was motivated to start digging into the app’s privacy after a friend had a stalking incident. “Immediately, my mind went to ‘she uses Strava,’” Childs explained about the incident. Strava’s default settings plot a user’s historical…
Launched in April, new app for the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre delivers content in six languages and features 360-degree videos for visitors with physical disabilities When it comes to the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, there’s an app for that. The local museum launched a new app in April aimed at improving accessibility as well as increasing available content and storytelling. “This innovative new app lets us deliver content in audio and video formats in six different languages: English, French, Spanish, Hindi, German and Anishnaabemowin,” says Mary Collier, the centre’s curator. “People with physical disabilities are able to view the interior of planes normally accessible…
This Tallinn-based startup believes that blockchain can unlock billions in new revenue for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but only if they correctly navigate the regulatory landscape.DLTPAY — recognized as one of the top-100 startups at the influential Paris Blockchain Week 2023 — has unveiled the hotly anticipated v1.0 of its platform. Compliant with the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations, the app promises enhanced transaction speed, security and convenience in digital payments.The app employs decentralized finance (DeFi) technology to allow businesses to conduct transactions at reduced costs and without intermediaries. The MiCA-compliant DeFi app offers businesses the peace of…
SINGAPORE – (NewMediaWire) – June 19, 2023 – Gorilla Global (“Gorilla”), the mobile telecommunications arm of Society Pass Incorporated (“SoPa”) (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s (SEA) next generation, data-driven, loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, today announces the release of its next generation mobile telecoms app, offering a full suite of smart digital mobile communication solutions for travelers and working professionals in the SEA region. Customers can now download Society Pass either on: ● Apple Store or ● Google Play. With the motto of “STAY CONNECTED, GET REWARDED”, Gorilla works with over 500 mobile operators across 190 countries, providing affordable roaming mobile…
Image: SkylumYou may have the skills to edit a sunny sky into a cloudy landscape, but the time it takes may better be spent on other tasks that you can’t outsource to AI. Whether you’re a professional photographer or a hobbyist, Luminar Neo can help simply your photo editing. The app uses AI to make quick changes to photos, and through July 1 you can get a lifetime license to the Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle for $79.97 (reg. $400).Luminar NEO is an award-winning app that uses AI to streamline photo editing. You don’t need to hire a pro to warm…
More than 55 years after Israel destroyed the Moroccan quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, it has been rebuilt in 3D with the help of a mobile phone application launched Thursday. Once located at the foot of the Western Wall, the Moroccan, or Mughrabi, quarter was inhabited by about 1,000 people until Israeli forces captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel demolished the neighborhood and went on to annex east Jerusalem – a move deemed illegal by the United Nations. In just a few hours, Israeli bulldozers tore through more than 100 buildings, displacing residents of the neighborhood, founded…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have gone dark this week to protest a new policy that will charge some third-party apps to access data on the site, leading to worries about content moderation and accessibility.More than 8,000 subreddits were dark as of Tuesday afternoon, according to a tracker and live Twitch stream of the boycott. Participants ranged from small forums to large communities with tens of millions of subscribers — including the r/funny, r/music and r/todayilearned pages seen on the online discussion site.“Reddit is killing third-party applications (and itself),” other subreddits wrote in posts seen on the…
Little more than a tenth of international arrivals at Canada’s major airports used the ArriveCAN app in the first few months of 2023.The app was launched during the pandemic as a communication and screening tool to ensure travellers arriving in Canada complied with pandemic border measures. It later became a way for travellers to show their vaccination status.The app was made optional in October. Travellers no longer need to use it to report their vaccination information — but at certain airports they can still use an app feature that allows them to fill out a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) declaration form…